Gasp! Worms in Poo!

   So I've ground up carrots to give them, put more vinegar in their water, and am going to the feed store to pick up some Flubenvet.  Sigh.  My husband has cleaned the wormy poo up, doused it with chlorine and buried it away from the hens reach.  I usually put their poo into the compost bin, but I guess that's off limits too for a week.  Right?  Anything else I can do to get rid of these gross little pests?  So disgusted!   

flubenvet is the way to go.  try a tonic after treatment. 

try life guard in their water, or poultry spice on their food
both good.
i use both at times, life guard i find easier as you can alter the doseage as per the instructions, light for a basic tonic, but adding a bit more to make it a bit more concentrated at times of stress.

martyn

Dont worry too much about worms, they dont do that much damage unless the bird has a huge load and is suffering from some other illness, probably most of us who free range our birds have a few worms! (thats the chickens not us!!!! If they look healthy in all other respects dont panic!!! I worm mine once early spring and in the autumn, and I use flubenvent

No . . . I'm a bit of a creative sort when it comes to feeding my hens.  They get layer pellets, cracked corn, sunflower seeds, wheat, barley, groats, sardines, whole wheat bread, porridge with surprises like raisins, dried cranberries, grated cheese, olive oil, honey, garlic . . . .  just depends on what I have on hand.  Sometimes there's live culture yoghurt, small amounts of fresh fruit like watermelon and strawberries . . . the little surprises are all sorts. . . . . Every afternoon they get shredded spinach leaves.  Of course there is the sainted mealy worms . . .  :happy:  They are VERY healthy birds and spoiled rotten.  I guess that's why I was so shocked to see those little beasties this morning! 

I've heard of Diatom, but I thought it discouraged bugs on plants!  Shows you how silly I am!  What does it do for chickens?  I'll try it!